Paintings

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

11/29/17

Whenever I first sit down to paint, I make these painted strips from the cut ends of the paper I am using which is 9" x 12". I like to paint in a square so these ends measure 3" x 9".

Sometimes I will paint 3 or four of them at a time to test out a new color palette. So the other day I was playing with them as though they were a puzzle and this is what I came up with. I adhered them to another piece of paper which did not work so well. It caused the paper to warp even though I thought it was sturdy. I think if I do more of these I will need to adhere them to a cradled panel. I think they have great potential as a series. I enjoy painting these strips and I find sometimes that they are more successful than an entire painting. It is worth investigating.

1 comment:

I saw this piece yesterday on your blog and loved it! Thanks for the story of how it got made. I like the idea that there is the freedom of experimentation first, then the discipline of composing later.

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For most of my life I have been a painter. I have worked in pen and ink, watercolors, gouache, oils and acrylics. I have always painted the world around me in all its true splendor. For many years I lived in the tropics and painted the lush plant life that surrounded me. When I left the tropics and moved out into the country I painted landscapes of the local farms and my wonderful vegetable garden. Now that I am living part time in the Sonoran desert, I am influenced by the very unique and wonderful looking cactus and flowers I see on my walks.

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